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Acroplex · Feb 18, 2024

Welcome to the latest Top Topics review here at NamePros!

Contract based domain sale without using an escrow; Trading .in domains banned; Dan.com issue with landing pages; Does anyone feel domainer guilt? Portfolio valuations by a "big dog" registrar might lead to a lawsuit; big...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 15, 2024

TLD-LIST is my go-to site for comparing registration, transfer and renewal prices at different registrars. While that is the main way TLD-LIST is used, the site can do much more.

Finding Lowest Prices

Before we look into what else TLD-LIST can do, let’s review the...

Acroplex · Feb 11, 2024

It's Big Game Sunday and our review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

What are the worst domain investments you ended up losing money from? Google shutting down web sites; SnapNames at it once again; Domain name has been reclassified as premium—what to do? What's the most you ever...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 8, 2024

If you watched the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 4, 2024, odds are the duet by Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs is a lasting memory. Tracy Chapman made the song Fast Car a huge hit in 1988, while the 2023 Luke Combs rendition made the song popular once more. Their memorable duet...

Acroplex · Feb 4, 2024

Welcome to Sunday's review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Why .ai domain registrations cost so much? How to delete GoDaddy appraisals; What's your most powerful keyword? Domain tools you pay for; Most successful domain investors began 15-30 years ago.

Why .ai domain...

Bob Hawkes · Feb 1, 2024

Electricity is pretty incredible. Think how easy it is to take the electricity provided by your utility company, and use it to cook your meals, power entertainment devices, operate an air conditioner or heat pump, charge devices, run motorized equipment, and so much more.

You could not be a...

Acroplex · Jan 28, 2024

Welcome to Sunday's review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Are new TLDs hard to sell compared to .com domains? Mistakes you made as a domain investor; Worth renewing .it.com domains? Bison.ai and other sales on Namecheap; The maturity in domain investing.

New TLDs are...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 25, 2024

In response to a NamePros Blog article a few week’s ago, Arslan Nawaz asked that I write an article on Domain Investing Dos and Don’ts.

The following is an amalgamation of my own ideas along with views expressed by many other people over a number of years. Near the end is a list of...

Acroplex · Jan 21, 2024

Welcome to Sunday's review of Top Topics here at NamePros!
Domain investor sold domain with content but buyer didn't pay; Clean your cookies to avoid frontrunning, says domainer; The domain 7.io sold for $150,000 dollars; The State of the Industry 2024; Dot .desi is possibly...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 18, 2024

We are fortunate to have many tools and metrics to assist and guide domain investing, many that are either free or have a free version. Probably none is more vital to domain investing than ExpiredDomains.net.

Back in 2022, I provided an introduction to getting started with ExpiredDomains...

Acroplex · Jan 14, 2024

Welcome to Sunday's review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Your preferred method of domain verification on Sedo; Meet Cemal from Turkey; Dot .tech domain carries a $3,000 dollar renewal fee—why's that? Afternic wants you to prove you are not an elephant; Why are domain names...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 11, 2024

The new year brings new domain name opportunities and challenges. Definitely 2023 saw a mix of both.

This article is not about resolutions, but it is about reflecting on the past year, and setting the stage for the new one. Reflection is a helpful exercise in most things, and domain investing...

Acroplex · Jan 7, 2024

Welcome to the first review of Top Topics in 2024 at NamePros!

Can a domain be blocked due to incorrect WHOIS data? Using pot when weed is not available; Rick Schwartz invests in .ai domains; How to stop someone trying to list my domain at Afternic? GoDaddy Auctions winners have...

Bob Hawkes · Jan 5, 2024

This report is based on 145,100 domain name aftermarket sales recorded for 2023 on NameBio, with a total dollar volume of just over $139 million USD.

The domain name market, at least as reflected in the NameBio data, was down 21.2% in dollar volume when 2023 is compared to...

Acroplex · Dec 30, 2023

Welcome to the final review of Top Topics in 2023 at NamePros!

Roundup of John Berryhill's UDRP performance in 2023; Hacked PayPal account used to buy a domain on Dan.com; How to sell a domain name right after registering it; Flippa doesn't seem to favor domain only sales...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 28, 2023

This article takes a look at the highest-value domain name sales from 2023, at least those reported on NameBio. I also compare the year with the preceding few years, to get a sense of the nature and health of the upper end of the domain market.

Keep in mind that by no means all sales get...

Acroplex · Dec 23, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

"AI" keyword popularity plunges, as far as Afternic searches are concerned; Share your process of performing outbound email marketing; Can the UDRP process be used to take away Country .com domain names? Big...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 21, 2023

2023 was a particularly active year in the domain world. I wanted to overview many of the changes, to make sure you can take advantage of any important to you.

In this article I am not covering things like trends in popular extensions, such as .ai, or niches and sectors. Early in 2024 I will...

Acroplex · Dec 17, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investor got scammed while helping someone who earned his trust; HealthRight.com sold for $210k; Would you use a domain marketplace based on crypto? Anonymous domain sell/buy—is it possible? Do you use a...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 14, 2023

As domain investors, we are in the business of providing names that businesses and organizations will use. Succeeding at that can be a win-win-win situation. We do well, but startup owners are well served by many good name choices in efficient marketplaces. The marketplaces also benefit when...

Acroplex · Dec 10, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Sedo sale within a 60 day registration window; Eleven.io sold for $121k at Squadhelp; GoDaddy auction win ends in redemption; Is Onlyfans.wtf worth anything? Domain investor believes he beat Snapnames...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 6, 2023

Successful domain investing is acquiring domain names that users will want, pricing them effectively, and getting the names noticed by those in a position to buy them.

That last step just got easier for .io and .xyz domain names with the announcement today that Afternic Fast...

Acroplex · Dec 3, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

The impact of a logo on the sale of domain names; Afternic: Fast Transfer nightmare; The futility of chasing the Queen of domain TLDs; Dot .in Registry requires KYC; New broker assigned to a domain on Afternic...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 30, 2023

Most large businesses will brand on a single-word domain name, whether that is a dictionary word, a creative spelling, or a made-up word.

Still, it is true that there is a place for longer domain names. In this article I look at the sales record, at least as indicated by NameBio, for...

Acroplex · Nov 27, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Miri.com was sold for almost $200k; Venting off while being impatient with domain investing; GoDaddy Auctions Beta are a hot mess; Epik.com are (still) untrustworthy; Threads.net was threatened by Threads.app...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 23, 2023

Any domain name can be categorized in various ways, such as the number of words, extension, etc.

This article introduces the idea of also categorizing a particular domain name acquisition according to the investment style that name represents.

Overview Domain Name Categories...

Acroplex · Nov 18, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

GoDaddy doesn't allow domain transfers during the grace period; Did UX woes cost a DropCatch bidder a good domain? Have you seen the domains owed by HugeDomains? Domainer in shock as expired domain sells for...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 16, 2023

Several domain name niches have received a lot of attention lately, all related to some aspect of artificial intelligence or automation. Each week dotDB publish a list of trending terms based on new registrations. In the most recent report, grok and gpts were at the top of the...

Acroplex · Nov 12, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

BBC: The race to buy .AI domain names; Epik's Masterbucks balances are not available; GoDaddy Auctions jacks up base bid to $25; Most domainers aren't eager to share their entire portfolio with the public; A...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 9, 2023

A year ago OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT. Within weeks nearly everyone was trying it out and talking about it. Now worldwide there are over 100 million active users.

AI is having a significant impact on the domain world. This year .ai one of the hottest extensions. Names geared to artificial...

Acroplex · Nov 5, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Showcase your fresh .bot domain names; Are LLLL .com prices crashing down? Hurt.com was sold for $1.5 million dollars; Sleep Number attempted to reverse domain hijack Beds.com; Elon Musk wants more money for a...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 2, 2023

Perhaps you have decided to reduce the size of your domain portfolio and retain only the better names. Or you are scaling down, as you have less interest or time to devote to domain investing. Possibly you simply have less confidence in certain sectors or niches, and want to get rid of names in...

Eric Lyon · Oct 30, 2023

Welcome to another recap of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investors discuss whether domain parking is alive, dying, or already dead; $600,000 USD was paid for the domain name Socrates.com recently; Exploration of whether four-letter (LLLL) .com prices are crashing; A list of...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 26, 2023

The demand for names for new businesses globally is immense. While current figures are probably even higher, Moya K. Mason estimated that worldwide about 305 million businesses are attempted each year, of which roughly one-third, or 100 million businesses are actually started globally...

Acroplex · Oct 22, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Expired domain Accelerator.com was sold for $145k at GoDaddy auctions; Get an .ing domain for a million+ bucks; Sedo ownership verification: How to combine it with Afternic DNS; NameJet isn't accepting new...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 19, 2023

Pricing of domain names is hard. If you price too high, your sell-through rate may go down. If you price too low, you leave money on the table. But what is the right price point? While various automated appraisal systems are available, they disagree wildly on almost all names, and few have...

Acroplex · Oct 15, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Nissan.com domain theft update; How fast can you sell 100 domains? Registrar of the year annual poll; Selling .AI domains to companies that operate on the .com; Buyer's request to change DNS before the sale—is it...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 11, 2023

Most domain name investors concentrate on making money through selling domain names. For some, that is supplemented by using monetized parking.

There are some indications that the domain market may be trending downward recently. It almost certainly is down from the heights of the...

Acroplex · Oct 8, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

GoDaddy says Mega.net is worth only $15k, how accurate is that? The WIPO served a domain investor with a UDRP; Where and how to approach big investors with liquid domains? University.com was bought by Andrew Tate; Sedo...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 3, 2023

I like to read and listen to experts from fields outside domain investment. Sometimes this is in sectors like technology, that will directly inform investment in new niches or sectors. Other times, it is in aesthetics or design, that can be helpful in name creation and evaluation. But I...

Acroplex · Oct 1, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investor receives cold call from potential buyer; Namesilo lagging with delivery of a $2,500 dollar domain; Investor returns to domaining after more than a decade; SAV vs. DAN as a selling marketplace...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 28, 2023

While there are many ways to find success in domain name investing, I suspect that most successful investors have a strategy to guide their acquisitions.

This week, investor James Kim shared his strategy for finding names. With his permission, I am sharing his strategy here, along...

Acroplex · Sep 24, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

New owner of EM.com is not Exxon Mobil; When did you acquire or register your very first domain name? Can investors treat domain sales revenue as capital gains? Can you buy a domain matched to a trademark and use...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 21, 2023

It seems that many domain investors are scaling back domain acquisitions these days. This may be because of economic uncertainty, a possible drop in domain sales activity, or profits from parking, or simply because the renewal increases have used up funds that might have been available for...

Acroplex · Sep 17, 2023

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Namecheap "shady" auctions stir controversy; Is my domain infringing on a trademark? Bodis trims PPC due to upstream provider clawbacks; How do I get domains related to my company's name? Park domains or develop...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 14, 2023

It can seem complex, with all the metrics and tools and more, to decide which names are worth acquiring. Let’s simplify the process to some key questions to ask. None of these are original, and most have been around for years, but I thought, particularly for those new to domain investing, it...

Acroplex · Sep 9, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

A former employee of Epik shares his experience in the domain industry; A growing trend among domain investors seems to upset some; Artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for domain investors; Uniregistry BIN...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 7, 2023

Is it possible that recent branding trends have resulted in overlooking beautiful words? Is there an advantage to having a beautiful name? What does beautiful even mean in the context of words?

What Do We Mean By A Beautiful Word?

The primary purpose of words is utilitarian, to...

Acroplex · Sep 2, 2023

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Registration of Porn.uk reversed at Namecheap; Honoring one's word and its appreciation in the domain business; What is the hype about .ai domains all about; Fiasco.com sold for $203k dollars; WordPress and its...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 31, 2023

Next month in San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is happening. This event brings together tech leaders and enthusiasts, startup founders, and early stage investors.

It struck me that the conference agenda and speaker list could provide valuable insights for domain investors. So what...

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